Deadhead Miles

Deadhead Miles

93 mins | Comedy | Aug. 8, 1972

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.

Deadhead Miles

93 mins | Comedy | Aug. 8, 1972

Deadhead Miles
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Paramount
Original title Deadhead Miles
Directors Vernon Zimmerman
Writers Vernon Zimmerman, Terrence Malick

Cast

Alan Arkin

as Cooper

Paul Benedict

as Hitchhiker

Charles Durning

as Truck Driver in Cafe

Hector Elizondo

as Duke

Bruce Bennett

as Johnny Mesquitero

Ida Lupino

as Ida Lupino

George Raft

as George Raft

Loretta Swit

as Lady with glass eye

Oliver Clark

as Durazno

Lawrence Wolf

as Pineapple